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YEAR OF THE RAT Lyrics by MUDRAT

2024

[Intro]
Yeah
[Verse 1]
Centrelink single mother cheques kept the rent paid
Need a health check? That’s a cheque within a checkmate
My neighbour's mum never checked on her kid
Saw my first death at five, when he burnt to a crisp
Guess the heroin was lit, I never learned to fib
For the truth of the matter was in everything I lived
The 81 was my Chekhov's gun, chequе to cheque
Yet I’m blеssed with the debt I shun
I am the voice of the world's worst choices
The son of an abuser, my blood is full of poison
With skin so thick, it's no wonder I’m avoidant
Born in the mud, now my mind forever soiling
I took every bruise, every cut, every noose
That I lined to my neck, but I tied it to you
Fuck this world, I’ma die in the stu
But not before you motherfuckers ride to my tunes like–
[Chorus]
I came, made a pact
To turn my pain to a bladed jack
New foes going tit for tat
Yet every damn year is the year of the rat
Lace my jaded soul
These boots are talking and walking tall
New code, we ain’t giving it back
Every damn year is the year of the rat
[Verse 2]
I keep hearing that punk’s dead
And dusted, lost to the woke mob
Who maimed and gushed it
What’s punk? Sheep bunched
Too scared to be fun
Punch down, fuck around, and dare to be blunt
Now, most of you radicals have never been poor
If your parents own a home, then you're always insured
I could never be a hypocrite or meddle in thought
I’d rather care about nothing and settle in court
I hate virtue signallers who think they’re better than me
You couldn’t give a fuck; you’re just there for social standing
Or it’s the fact that I’m terrified to act
So for now, it’s fuck the world, I will never double back, like–
[Chorus]
I came, made a pact
To turn my pain to a bladed jack
New foes going tit for tat
Yet every damn year is the year of the rat
Lace my jaded soul
These boots are talking and walking tall
New code, we ain’t giving it back
Every damn year is the year of the rat
[Verse 3]
Yeah, maybe it’s the fact I’m terrified to act
Terrified to peel bandages I had to wrap
Never had a guiding hand, I’ve only known the slap
Once bitten, twice shy, simple math is that
But maybe it’s the fact I have double to back
Whenever I see a child without love I never had
Suddenly I see a crack, a ray of light in the black
A tunnel I was digging, now my vision’s reintact
I am the voice of the world’s worst choices
But now I lead a choir, our blood full of poison
The same scars that led me on a path of avoidance
Are now the mark of a better arc we anoint in
[Chorus]
I came, made a pact
To turn my pain to a bladed jack
New foes going tit for tat
Yet every damn year is the year of the rat
Lace my jaded soul
These boots are talking and walking tall
New code, we ain’t giving it back
Every damn year is the year of the rat
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MUDRAT

MUDRAT

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